Archive for April, 2010
Farewell to the Sleep Specialist
April 21st, 2010 Posted 12:06 pm
After a bit of a discussion, my sleep specialist prescribed Provigil at my last visit. I started with a 100mg dose. It helps for a few hours and then stops working. He bumped me up to 200mg and it doesn’t do much more — just makes me jittery. I called him to mention the jittery feeling from the 200mg dose and to let him know that it doesn’t do much more than the 100mg dose. His nurse returned my phone call this morning.
My sleep specialist says that his hands are tied until my pain and stomach problems are under control. He said when I can sleep through the night, he can help me. Until then, there isn’t anything he can do. *sigh*
I explained to him at my last visit that I have a gastroenterologist and a pain specialist. The gastroenterologist has not been able to fix my stomach problems and my pain specialist will not be able to make my pain go away entirely. I thought the sleep specialist understood that, but apparently not.
I have a follow-up with my internist in a few weeks. I will talk to him about this and see what he can do. I see no reason to meet with the sleep specialist again.